I Think I Have Mental Disorder But I Can't Go To The Doctors?!


Question: I Think I Have Mental Disorder But I Can't Go To The Doctors?
So I think I may have Borderline Personality Disorder, just really reading about it sounded a lot like what I've been going through lately. I really do think there's something wrong with me, I have for a while now, but I've been so afraid to ask my mom to take me to a doctor. So I thought I was depressed so I asked my mom if I could go to the doctors, but she said I had to tell her about what I was going through first and I just can't. Cause I'm so on and off about what I feel it's crazy, one second I feel so much anxiety that I'm freaking out the next I'm really happy and thankful and then the next I feel so depressed I can hardly drag myself out of bed. It's like I look in the mirror and just really like myself for who I am and the next I hate myself and think I'm just horrible. I'm driving my friends crazy one second it's like I hate them the next I'm apologizing and just wanting to love them and be best friends. There's so much more too, but I'm not going into detail.
But my mom says I have to give her a legitimate reason, but I've been so on and of with the way I feel I can't just say, "I feel really depressed all the time," or "I have been feelings a lot of anxiety lately." Because even with both of those true, I don't feel like that all the time, I'm so on and off I have no way to tell her how I really feel. And I can't tell her that I think I have Borderline Personality Disorder, she probably wouldn't know what that is, and if I say I think there's something wrong with me she'd just roll her eyes and tell me to stop worrying about it.
I feel trapped. I think after I talk to a doctor I can tell her more, but right now I just want to talk to someone. And it's too hard to tell her, oh and I have no one else to tell.
I just wanted to ask,

What Should I tell her? What kind of legitmate reason can I give?

Answers:

If you tell your Mom, " I have had feelings of depression and anxiety at lot lately. I don't have control over these feelings and I don't know what triggers them or what brings them on. I was hoping the doctor would check me out and have some insight into what is going on for me. I'm tired of feeling like this."
You will not be lying. This is exactly what you have posted here and these are sound and legitimate reasons to seek medical help.

But let me tell you about personality disorders. They are emotional disorders that start in childhood as a result of abuse and/or neglect. As a result, the patient develops inappropriate ways of looking at the world, coping and relating.
To treat a personality disorder, a person has to go into therapy for a very long time (years) in order to learn new life skills, coping techniques, ways of relating, expectations and the correct way to interact with people and analyze social situations.

And so, I wish you all the best with this.
And if you do have a personality disorder, you are very wise to start treatment right now instead of letting this take hold of your life to a point where you can't see what you're doing and you repeatedly have the depression and accompanying anxiety that these disorders bring.



tell her you think you may have bi polar then maybe she may take you to the doctors?



its not a personality disorder, ur not talking to another character in your mind are you? you either have a manic depression issue or you could be suffering from a bipolar disorder. i was diagnosed being a type 2 bipolar, there's 3 types by the way with type 1 being the most severe and is on the lines of schizo effectiveness disorder also known as paranoid schizophrenia. I went through the same symptoms you described so i went to my family doctor and told him the deal, he gave me a sample of anti depressants and gave me a pamphlet to read about mental health issues. on the back it had the number to the local behavioral health office. its best to let someone know before it gets worse, someone you can really trust to keep an eye on you. also let your medical doctor know and if you get very depressed and start to think of harming yourself or anyone else, the hospital ER always have a psychologist or a doctor who specializes in those matters. trust me, don't hesitate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_health, [Find Out How Mental Illnesses Are Diagnosed] via http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/mental-health-making-diagnosis




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